Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Introduction to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

This topic center concerns mental and emotional problems people experience in the wake of ‘trauma’, where trauma is understood to refer to an event involving being a victim of or witness to atrocity, violence, true horror and/or the death of another or near death of ones self. Examples might include rape, murder, torture, accidents, terrorism, etc. DSM describes two trauma disorders: acute stress disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder, both of which you may read about in the links to the left of this document. In a nutshell, acute stress disorder occurs in the time frame between just after exposure to a traumatic event to six months later, and posttraumatic stress beginning at the six month point and extending thereafter.

THURSDAY, Feb. 12, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Parents of children who suffer a stroke are at risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a small study suggests.
The research included 10 fathers and 23 mothers of children and teens who had suffered a stroke, as well as nine stroke patients between... Read More

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Women with post-traumatic stress disorder seem more likely than others to develop type 2 diabetes, with severe PTSD almost doubling the risk, a new study suggests.
The research "brings to attention an unrecognized problem," said Dr. Alexander Neumeister, director of the molecular... Read More

THURSDAY, Nov. 6, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Having post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) significantly increases a pregnant woman's risk of premature birth, according to a new study.
Researchers examined more than 16,000 births involving female U.S. military veterans between 2000 and 2012, and found that having PTSD in... Read More

We often think of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a condition affecting younger servicemen and women soon after they return home from deployments. But the aging population is illuminating for... Read More

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